Re: Patent breakthrough- maybe we don't need them after all?

From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Sun Mar 12 2000 - 23:28:22 MST


In a message dated 03/13/2000 1:24:15 AM Eastern Standard Time,
hal@finney.org writes:

> I recall a famous case of this a decade back, when someone patented a
> machine to keep a human head alive. The head would be hooked up to a
> heart-lung machine, the blood would go through dialysis, etc. The stated
> intention was to make sure this horrible-sounding technology would never
> be used (at least not for 17 years).
Even worse! Suppose such a person (Mr./Mrs. Head) was employed as a porno
star? Kinda reminds me of Futurama-with all those celebrity heads in bell
jars. Including cartoonist Matt Groening.



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